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Wednesday October 05, 2022

Quantum researchers win Nobel Prize in physics

Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have won this year's Nobel Prize in physics for their work in quantum mechanics, Sweden's Karolinska Institute announced on Tuesday. The institute said the scientists had been recognized for "experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering

Published: 21:57 pm,Monday 3 October 2022

Educational level of Finnish youth falls below OECD average

The educational level of Finnish young people of working age has fallen below the average of other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries, according to a policy analysis published on Monday by the Ministry of Education and Culture, reported Xinhua. During the last two decades, the share

Published: 01:43 am,Saturday 17 September 2022

Number of students skyrockets in autumn joint application

A total of 43, 390 students have applied for admission in higher educational institutes in the joint application process of autumn starting in January 2023, said the Finnish National Agency of Education in a press release issued on Friday. The number of applicants is 9060 higher compared to the

Published: 01:45 am,Friday 16 September 2022

140,000 students yet to pay Kela healthcare fee

So far, about 132,000 students have paid the fee for autumn term 2022 but 140,000 students did not pay the fee yet, said the national social insurance institution- Kela in a press release on Thursday. Higher education students need to pay the student healthcare fee on their own initiative

Published: 06:43 am,Wednesday 14 September 2022

New ways to rise workplaces for vocational Edu stressed

Education providers must develop the provision of services and training based on the needs of working life, according to an evaluation by The Finnish Education Evaluation Centre (FINEEC). The evaluation, however, said that cooperation between vocational education and training (VET) providers and working life is generally working well. The FINEEC

Published: 23:41 pm,Wednesday 31 August 2022

Autumn joint application to higher Edu begins

The autumn joint application to higher education begins on Wednesday and will continue until September 14, said Finnish National Agency for Education in a press release. In the autumn joint application, students can apply to degree programmes starting in January 2023. The applicants can submit the application on Studyinfo.fi. There

Published: 01:32 am,Friday 26 August 2022

Govt supports €5.5m to higher Edu Insts for Ukrainian refugees

The Ministry of Education and Culture has decided to support higher education institutions in their efforts to provide more study opportunities for beneficiaries of temporary protection, said an official press release on Thursday. The funds will be used to finance the provision of English-language education and to increase preparatory

Published: 03:23 am,Tuesday 23 August 2022

6th graders learn about sustainable use of forests

The Finnish forest industry conglomerate United Paper Mills (UPM) is organising forest trips for sixth-grade pupils at its five mill sites in Jämsä, Kouvola, Pietarsaari, Rauma and Lappeenranta during August and September. For the sixth year in a row, the excursions are organised in cooperation with the Finnish Forest

Published: 00:45 am,Tuesday 16 August 2022

Helsinki University drops 10 notches in Shanghai Ranking

The University of Helsinki this year has been ranked 92nd on the Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), known as Shanghai Ranking published on Monday. The ranking of the university continued to downgrade significantly during the recent years. The position of the university has been downgraded by 10 from the

Published: 02:45 am,Monday 8 August 2022

New school session begins this week

The new school session will begin across the country in between Wednesday and Friday after the summer vacation ends. Classes at the schools will resume in the northern part of the country on Wednesday while in the middle and southern parts on Thursday and Friday. Meanwhile, the police will monitor

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